Paper Tube Stair

Hey girls,

Hope your holidays are going well.

I have come up with a rough detail for the paper tube stairs. I have gone with the tubes standing vertically so that you can see them through the glass treads as this seemed to be everyone's preference on Thursday.


ABOVE: Section through stair tread


ABOVE: Horizontal section through walls showing stairs and paper tubes under stairs in plan. I based this detail from a detail I found at

I can't work out the exact going and riser dimensions until the height of our structure is decided upon. But this is easy enough to work out from the BCA and AS 1657-1992, once the height is determined.

I have also included some pictures I found of other paper stairs, in case you want me to adapt our stairs to any of these. But I think having the tubes vertical shows off our construction within the stairs.


ABOVE: Paper Brick House at Venice Biennale, paper tubes placed horizontally. Both these pictures are from

Also, has Rose been invited to this blog? I don't see her name under contributors.